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William Parker Lyon, owner of Pony Express Museum, pictured behind the counter of what seems to be a ladies apparel store. He is wearing a ladies hat with a large feather on it. On shelves behind him are many boxes designed to hold merchandise.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Lyon, William Parker
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
477
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of Pony Express Museum devoted to arms of many types. On left in display on the wall are pistols and rifles, on the back wall are swords and sabres. Additional rifles are on wall on the right. There are small canons on the floor in foreground.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
459
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of Pony Express Museum given to miscellaneous collections. On left wall are what appear to be old photographs. There are many branding irons hanging from the ceiling. There is a large bell in foreground. There is an old doll carriage and a wooden rocker on the floor.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
460
Collection
Photographs
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Portion of Pony Express Museum devoted to buggies, coaches, wagons, etc. On right side in foreground is horse-drawn fire engine.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
456
Collection
Photographs
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William Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum-entryway to exhibit room. Sign reads W. Parker Lyon, from which a bell hangs. Another sign reads Wells Fargo & Co Express. Watch or clock shaped signs read Ingersoll Watches and Sherrard Jeweler. Hobby horses and small wooden chairs on either side of the entrance. Print of this photo is in the W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook, Box 31, in History Room, Shelf B3.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
456A
Collection
Photographs
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View showing main entrance to Pony Express Museum. Sign on extreme left reads: This building moved from the old mining town of Bear Valley...etc. There is a sign designating entrance and indicating 25 cent fee. On right side of photo is shown a Black man carved which may have been a mast head of a ship.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
466
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Scale on display at Pony Express Museum. This is a photocopy. Original is in the Pony Express Museum Scrapbook, Box 31, in the Arcadia History Room shelf B.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
1867
Collection
Photographs
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Overall panorama view of exterior of Pony Express Museum.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x29 b&w (Housed in Reference Office)
ID
480
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Portion of Pony Express Museum devoted largely to harness for horses, spurs, horse shoes; there is a display case on right with women's dresses. There are kerosene lamps standing on top of this case.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
461
Collection
Photographs
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Indoor entrance to bar in Pony Express Museum. Over the entrance is a sign reading: Butte City Saloon and on other side of entrance are signs reading: Hollenbeck Hotel Bar. There are typical store-front carved figures standing on either side of door, which has double swinging doors.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
471
Collection
Photographs
Images
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Contents
Note: 1939 Arcadia City Directory lists Lyon's Pony Express Museum address as 130 W. Huntington Drive. It opened formally on Sunday, March 31, 1935. Last appeared in 1953-54 directory. Was vacant in 1955 directory. 1. Promotional brochure from Pasadena location. Photocopied at Pasadena Public Lib…
Contents
Note: 1939 Arcadia City Directory lists Lyon's Pony Express Museum address as 130 W. Huntington Drive. It opened formally on Sunday, March 31, 1935. Last appeared in 1953-54 directory. Was vacant in 1955 directory. 1. Promotional brochure from Pasadena location. Photocopied at Pasadena Public Library, March 1931.
2. Pasadena man saves relics. Christian Science Monitor, circa 1933.
3. Pony Express Museum. Overland Monthly. March 1933.
4. Relics recall thrilling days of daring rides. copied from unknown source, December 11, 1930.
5. History book with a shingle roof. Los Angeles Times December 4, 1930?
6. Bandits gun imbedded in log. Pasadena Star News January 7, 1932.
7. Highlights from 1934. Arcadia Tribune December 28, 1934.
8. To attract thousands. Arcadia Tribune November 2, 1934.
9. To re-zone for Museum. Arcadia Tribune November 16, 1934.
10. W.P. Lyon will buy old camps. Arcadia Tribune October 16, 1934.
11. Museum to be opened on Sunday. Arcadia Tribune. March 29, 1935.
12. Formal opening of Pony Express Museum held on Sunday; Oldfield here. Arcadia Tribune April 5, 1935.
13. Relics of the frontier. Good photos taken from unknown periodical. n.d.
14. Pony Express Museum may be shipped to Sacramento for Jubilee Fete. Arcadia Tribune December 6, 1938.
15. Buffet supper to be served. Arcadia Tribune October 12, 1939.
16. Pony Express Museum to get Twain books. Arcadia News Post. March 7, 1932.
17. Irving Cobb, Eight Wooden Indians. Pasadena Star News May 6, 1940.
18. The sprawling old frame. from: LOS ANGELES: A GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS (AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES). New York: Hastings House, 1941.
19. His relic collection is famous. Arcadia Daily Tribune. August 31, 1936.
20. When Arcadia museum relic collector sought U.S. appropriation. Arcadia Tribune. October 2, 1941.
21. Pony Express Museum. Pacific Pathways. June 1946.
22. Graveyard for ghost towns. American Magazine, January 1946; 2p., photos.
23. Recovery completed. Arcadia Tribune. May 27, 1948.
24. W. Parker Lyon, Pony Express Museum owner dies. Pasadena Star News December 15, 1949.
25. Pony Express Museum to move. Los Angeles Times March 4, 1954.
26. Pony Express Museum to be moved. Arcadia Tribune March 4, 1954
27. Historical Society founds Arcadia Park Museum. Arcadia Tribune February 21, 1955.
28. Pony Express Museum to have home in Nevada. Arcadia Tribune January 20, 1955.
29. The man who beat City Hall. Arcadia Tribune November 20, 1968.
30. Notepaper with Pony Express themes, one by Edna Lenz and one by Justine Wishek.
31. Presidential cigar butts among. Arcadia Tribune February 2, 1978.
32. Pony Express Station. news clip December 11, 1930.
33. Train of 1875 rolls again. Pasadena Star News May 6, 1940.
34. Museum itself copies old Pony Express Post. news photo and caption, March 13, 1930.
35. Pony Express Museum. news clip December 11, 1930.
36. Pony Express Museum in Arcadia. Arcadia Tribune August 2, 1935.
37. Sail away. Nevada State Journal, p.3 photo and caption June 9, 1975
38. Special guest pass from Harrah's auction.
39. Wild West Museum wowed patrons. Pasadena Star News "Cheers" section, February 25, 1994.
40. W. Parker Lyon, man of many pasts, dies suddenly after 84 full years. Arcadia Journal December 21, 1949. copied from paper in Scrapbook #8.
41. W. Parker Lyon Narrow Gauge Railroad "Haw Haw Route" first class ticket. (Stored in Box #31 with museum scrapbook.)
42. E-mail dated October 31, 2000 from Leon F. Case describing his memories of the museum when he was a young boy of 8 years.
43. W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum promotional flyer published after move from Pasadena to Arcadia. 8 1/2 x 11, 2-sided w/photos, c.1935, 6 copies.
44. Pad of forms used by the museum for western property rentals. c.1940s.
45. "Parker Lyon's Pony Express Museum."Arcadia Weekly, August 22, 2002; p. 17.
46. "William Parker Lyon's Pony Express Museum," by Donald Duke. Page 7. The Branding Iron - Westerners Los Angeles Corral, Spring 2005, Number 239.
47. Print out of scanned postcard image of Old Clothes Line, Pony Express Museum, Arcadia, Calif. Clothes line hangs in front of a "Chinese laundry."
48. Ton of relics added to Pony Express Museum by Lyon after Nevada trek. Arcadia Tribune, p1, August 9, 1935.
49. A Remarkable Express Museum, Express Messenger, December 1928. Description of W. Parker Lyon's Express Museum, at his home Oak Knoll estate in Pasadena at 1161 Virginia Road, which is shown by special appointment. Article describes his collections.
50. Midcentury modern gets landmark status. W. Parker Lyon House gets Pasadena City Council backing for designation. Designed by architect Thornton Ladd and built in 1948, the midcentury modern home is located at 280 California Terrace, Pasadena, CA.
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
W. Parker Lyon
Ladd, Thornton
Item ID
174AF
Collection
Subject Files
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View of Indian Room at Pony Express Museum. In glass case in foreground are many arrow heads. In glass case on right side of photo are pieces of leather Indian dress. On wall above this case are spears. Also on display are baskets, bead work and some pottery.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
472
Collection
Photographs
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Photo of a single sheet on the Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum that gives names of officers and directors. There are also two photos of Museum on sheet.

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Date
c.1951

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Date
c.1951
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
964
Collection
Photographs
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Ramada Inn at 130 W. Huntington Drive. Photo taken from across Huntington Drive. Includes the sign and parking lot. Former location of Lyon's Pony Express Museum.

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Date
1979

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Date
1979
Subjects
Ramada Inn
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
4x5 color
ID
1220
Collection
Photographs
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W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook

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Contents
1. W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook Photos
Contents
1. W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook Photos
Subjects
W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum Scrapbook
Location
History Room
Box Number
Box 31
Shelf Number
Shelf B3
Item ID
340AF
Collection
Subject Files
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View west from near front entrance of Pony Express Museum. Shown on left is one wing of museum. On the right side of photo is the train.

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Date
1952

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Date
1952
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
483
Collection
Photographs
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Photo looking west from in front of Pony Express Museum. Shows portion of train, entire light-weight enclosed horse-drawn carriage. The conifer trees which line Huntington Drive, near Santa Anita Race Track, can be seen.

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Date
1952

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Date
1952
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
482
Collection
Photographs
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Exterior view of Pony Express Museum showing complete railroad train, Semaphore signal and light, enclosed horse drawn coach.

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Date
1952

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Date
1952
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
3 1/4/ x 4 1/2 b&w
ID
481
Collection
Photographs
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The history of the Pony Express Museum that used to be on the land where Santa Anita Inn is today is presented. See VF "Pony Express Museum" for copy of article.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 2002
Pages
p. 17
Subjects
Lyon, W. Parker
Museums
W. Parker Lyon Pony Express Museum
Item ID
30722AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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View shows a long room at Pony Express Museum with displays everywhere. Down center is room is a row of trunks of all sizes and shapes.

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Date
c.1940s

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Date
c.1940s
Subjects
Pony Express Museum
Physical Description
8x10 b&w
ID
455
Collection
Photographs
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